> Hmmm... Sounds like Microsoft just re-invented FreeSco.
Freesco (a play on Cisco) booted off a 1.44MB floppy and ran on a 16MB 20MHz 80386 (no HD). As well as being a router/switch/print server/time server, it could even run a database server and much else.
The Microsoft distro and software will require 100 times that or more.